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Climate scientists back call for sceptic thinktank to reveal backers
Leading experts lend support to Freedom of Information request concerning climate sceptic foundation chaired by Lord Lawson Leading climate scientists have given their support to a Freedom of Information request seeking to disclose who is funding the Global Warming Policy Foundation , a London-based climate sceptic thinktank chaired by the former Conservative chancellor Lord Lawson. James Hansen ...
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China issues grim warning on effects of climate change
China will face food and drinking water shortages in the coming decades because of global warming, an official report warns.
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Middle East Online
DUBAI - Egyptian explorer Omar Samra, 33, has returned to Dubai to calculate his CO2 emissions in order to offset any environmental damage caused by his successful summiting of 16,050ft Mount Vinson, Antarctica’s highest mountain.
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Carbon emissions 'defer Ice Age'
The next Ice Age is due within 1,500 years, researchers calculate - but greenhouse gas emissions mean it will not happen then.
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Lufthansa warns EU scheme to raise fares
FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's Lufthansa told passengers on Monday to brace for higher ticket prices as it refuses to shoulder the costs of a carbon trading scheme at the centre of a brewing trade ...
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Gulf carriers say EU scheme may inflate fares - report
DUBAI (Reuters) - Fast-growing Gulf airlines Emirates and Etihad Airways warned of higher ticket prices on Tuesday as they look to pass on costs of a European Union carbon trading scheme to passengers. Tim Clark, the president of Emirates, Dubai's flag carrier and the world's largest long-haul airline, told the Gulf News newspaper that the company would spend over 40 million euros (33 million ...
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Carbon emissions to block next ice age
Carbon dioxide emissions will delay the arrival of the next ice age, according to a new study.
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UPDATE 1-Lufthansa warns EU scheme to raise fares
* Lufthansa first airline to unveil plans under the ETS * Says to add costs of the ETS to fuel surcharge * Says 2012 costs from the ETS expected at 130 mln euros * Says will have to buy 35 percent of needed ...
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Next ice age not likely before 1,500 years: study
LONDON (Reuters) - High levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere mean the next ice age is unlikely to begin for at least 1,500 years, an article in the journal Nature Geoscience said on Monday.
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